Joshua Tan

University of California - Santa Cruz, United States

Joshua Tan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His dissertation, titled “Schooling Free Asia: Diasporic Chinese and Educational Activism in the Transpacific Cold War," is an exploration of how American Cold War agendas and diasporic Chinese efforts to support higher education, gave rise to a range of educational projects in the early Cold War. His broader research interests include the histories of Cold War Asia, Chinese migration and diaspora, and international education.

Presentation(s):

• Local Responses to China's Presence

  Monday, July 29, 2024
  14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

• Poster Presentations

  Tuesday, July 30, 2024
  15:45 – 16:15 (GMT+7)

• Producing China in Southeast Asia: The Cold War, Decolonisation, and "Chinese Studies" at the University of Malaya, 1950s-1960s

  Tuesday, July 30, 2024
  15:45 – 16:15 (GMT+7)

• Classrooms and Education

  Tuesday, July 30, 2024
  16:15 – 18:00 (GMT+7)

• Poster Presentations

  Thursday, August 1, 2024
  10:45 – 11:15 (GMT+7)